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Lenders beware](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/zillows-mortgage-business-is-growing-lenders-beware) Posted by [Finlocker](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/author/finlocker) on Nov 12, 2024 2:57:00 PM [Originally published by Housingwire](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/zillows-mortgage-business-is-growing-lenders-beware/?utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20HousingWire%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_pfBUaXsDYAB9YrAHgjfZBxbTjUdWqFEiBAHBCCaHIlnI0I6dHESVKZHzdCWaKfDT-vExa61aRN3h2pUK1uWTMp5irSbNCEkxcF4-g1le3zyME6OM&_hsmi=333543569&utm_content=333543569&utm_source=hs_email) Zillow is pairing its successor to Premier Agent with its growing mortgage business [Read More](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/zillows-mortgage-business-is-growing-lenders-beware) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/zillows-mortgage-business-is-growing-lenders-beware#comments-listing) Topics: [Insider](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/tag/insider) ## [CardRates: Many Young Americans Spending Significantly on Housing](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/many-young-americans-spending-significantly-on-housing) Posted by [Finlocker](https://info.finlocker.com/blog/author/finlocker) on Nov 8, 2024 3:57:40 PM [Originally published by MBA](https://newslink.mba.org/mba-newslinks/2024/november/mba-newslink-thursday-nov-7-2024/cardrates-many-young-americans-spending-significantly-on-housing/?utm_campaign=MBA%20NewsLink%20Thursday%20Nov.%207%202024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua) CardRates, Gainesville, Fla., released a [**surve**](https://www.cardrates.com/studies/the-housing-30-percent-rule/)[**y**](https://www.cardrates.com/studies/the-housing-30-percent-rule/) of millennial and Gen Z Americans, finding 76.32% of respondents are spending more than 31% of their monthly income on housing. 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